Tagged: borro

April 27, 2015 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Canaan Partners, one of the Sandhill Road posse in Silicon Valley, is a VC firm that has moved big into the alternative finance space. With over $4.2 billion under management they have the fire power, and the tool kit, to move quickly into promising, early stage… Read More

March 27, 2015 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

VPC Speciality Lending Investments (LSE:VSL) has published a brief comment stating they have added investments in several direct lenders including OnDeck Capital, Funding Circle (USA), Upstart Network, Borro and Kreditech.  VPC has also provided a balance sheet loan to Applied Data Finance.  The company acquired… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is a global investment crowdfunding platform that is one of the leaders in the sector today having raised over $100 million for SME’s. While its headquarters are nominally in Israel, the platform has taken a truly cosmopolitan approach. Led by visionary founder and industry champion,… Read More

February 10, 2015 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, has announced that it led a $19.5M Series E funding round for Borro, the UK-NY based, asset-backed online lender. Borro launched in 2009 in the UK, and has gone on to open offices in New York and Los Angeles.  It is a leading… Read More

January 27, 2015 @ 7:18 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

A “last-minute business opportunity” is why an 18-karat white gold bracelet, diamond weight approximately 19 carats, was taken off its owner’s wrist and housed in a highly secure vault or with Citibank or Malca-Amit—temporarily. But jewelry and diamonds are only one type of high-class goods… Read More

January 6, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, reported significant growth and expansion during 2014. Yesterday the company posted achievements on its blog, today more highlights were shared in a yearend summary.  In under two years, OurCrowd has established itself as a major international… Read More